Chapter 33 1.33 Izumo Trading Company

After entering the city, Jerome first took Loki and the other man to a shop called "Isfahan".

After a night of travel, he no longer had any fear of Loki and Sat. These two people would not even harm the monks in the Lindisfarne Monastery.

They would not kill the residents of Yorkshire.

Although it was still early, many people were already standing in front of the door of "Isfahan". At noon, the door of the shop opened on time, and a strong cumin aroma wafted out of the door.

Two Middle Eastern chefs wearing scarves took out one long and sizzling meat skewer after another from the stove behind them. They skillfully cut it into slices in front of everyone, added some onions, garlic, cheese and other ingredients, and wrapped it in a soft leavened flatbread.

Such a flatbread costs 7 copper pence.

"Eller III loves barbecue, and holds a barbecue competition every year. This year's winner is Muhammad Isfahan." Following Jerome's fingertips, Loki saw a Middle Eastern man whose entire face was almost submerged in a pure black beard.

In the 8th century AD, the powerful country on earth was not only the Tang Dynasty, which was entrenched on the Eurasian Continental Bridge. The Arab Empire during the "Abbasid Dynasty" was also very powerful.

About 50 years ago, the Battle of Talas started. After destroying Hami, Gaochang and other small Central Asian countries, the 20,000 expeditionary forces led by the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Jiedushi "Gao Xianzhi" met the Arab Empire during the "Abbasid Dynasty" in the "Pamir Mountains".

Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 Tang troops to fight 300,000 Arab troops, and the battle lasted for 5 days without a clear winner.

On the sixth day, the Tang Dynasty's vassal state, Karluk, suddenly rebelled. Gao Xianzhi was caught off guard and fell into the heavy siege of the Arab army! He only brought back a few thousand Tang soldiers and returned home safely.

The Battle of Talas was the first defeat encountered by the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

After the battle, the Abbasid Dynasty immediately realized that this country in the East Continent was completely different from the Byzantine, Tubo, and Turkic peoples they had fought. They could burst out an amazing combat power of 200,000 people with only 20,000 people. If this country got serious, they would not be able to withstand the attack from the Tang Dynasty and Byzantium.

Therefore, they quickly sent envoys to Yihe. At this time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang loved poetry and songs, accepted Yihe's invitation, and stopped the pace of westward conquest.

This gave the Abbasid Dynasty a big breathing space. They could free up their hands to concentrate on dealing with Byzantium and began to expand from Central Asia to the Mediterranean.

From then on, an "Arab Empire" spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa, whose territory was no smaller than that of the Tang Dynasty, was born.

Their belief in "Zoroastrianism" has also been publicly defined as an enemy by the "Holy Bishop".

But even so, shops opened by Central Asians still appeared in Yorkshire, which was ruled by the Holy Bishop. Jerome, a monk of the Holy Bishop, also led Loki and the other two to queue up to patronize.

The English Isles, which was founded on trade, is indeed a very open free trade zone.

The soft steamed bread was filled with roasted lamb that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, paired with onions, tomatoes and other refreshing vegetables and goat's milk cheese. The fat fragrance overflowed with a bite, and the fragrance lingered on the lips and teeth.

When it was finally Sat and Loki's turn, they stood in front of the boss and ate for an hour.

What does it mean to eat for an hour?

It means that the boss made one, and they ate one. How fast they made it, how fast they ate it. Until an hour passed, the boss was almost exhausted. The two patted their bellies and left in the dumbfounded expressions of others.

Half an hour later, several people stood in front of the gorgeous glazed tile palace.

Under the gate, Loki squinted his eyes and looked at the gatekeeper who was shining golden under the scorching sun not far away.

This was the first time he saw his blood brothers from his previous life in the alien world.

Yellow skin, black eyes, a full set of fish-scale gold armor, plus a helmet and bright red tassels on the steel gun! This is the dress of the Tang Dynasty soldiers in his memory.

This is just an ordinary doorman of an overseas business. His dress is no less than the "Dragonfly Island Ceremonial Soldiers" seen outside the city.

One on the left and one on the right, two doormen stood majestically under the archway, and above the gate were written a few majestic regular Chinese characters: Datang Chuyun Trading Company.

Passing through the archway, you will enter a beautiful landscape pavilion. Strange rocks, strange trees, and clusters of strange flowers with elegant colors. The melodious sound of the guqin came.

Looking up in the distance, there is a woman in a water-green robe playing the guqin seriously between the blue water and blue sky.

That's not right. We clearly saw the Tang people's glazed tile palace at the gate at the top of the basin. It was a huge square box. How come we can see the sky after entering? ?

What kind of magic is this?

"When I was young, I studied with my teacher in Rome and experienced the illusion of the Tang people. Their magic is quite amazing. If I guess correctly, the musician playing the piano not far away is the illusionist who manipulates the illusion."

"When we heard the sound of the piano, we have entered the illusion she created. Everything we see in front of us is fake! The Tang people used this method to prevent some petty thieves from coming to make trouble."

Walking through this courtyard, silk fabric samples, porcelain of different colors, spices, exquisite Tang Sancai, etc. are neatly displayed in two large rooms.

The showroom is empty. These expensive and exquisite samples are placed in the showroom like an exhibition hall, without anyone watching.

The time traveler Loki was fine, but the Sartre beside him was dazzled. The Vikings were used to wearing coarse clothes made of animal skins and coarse linen. These silks and porcelains, which were either brightly colored or elegant, were exquisite creations he had never seen in his life.

The porcelain was thin and transparent, and the silk was as smooth as a stream of cold spring water in his hand.

"My Sartre brother, you have to hold on."

"The box of silver coins we brought can't be exchanged for a few porcelains of this level. This thing can be sold to these Saxons as a family heirloom and treasured for generations."

"Hahaha!" Just after this sentence was finished, there was a hearty laugh at the door. Looking back, a Tang man in a navy blue robe walked out of the door with a big laugh.

"It's okay, little brother! Everything you see in this hall is an illusion created by the illusionist with psychic power!"

"If you don't believe me, look!"

As he said this, he threw the disk in Sartre's hand to the ground with force, and the disk broke into eight pieces. But after just three seconds, the middle-aged Han man stretched out his hand again, and the fragments reassembled into a disk in mid-air and flew back to his hand.

Loki was shocked, but what surprised him was not the illusion he saw with his own eyes, but that the Tang shopkeeper actually spoke fluent Viking language!

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"Hehe, please don't be offended, sir. I am Luo Changchuan! I am the shopkeeper of the Kent branch of the Izumo Trading Company."

"A hundred years ago, our company invited grammar lecturers from all over the world to come to our lobby to train us in the languages ​​of various countries in the Western Continent."

"As the expatriate shopkeeper of Izumo Trading Company, I can't compete for this position without mastering seven or eight foreign languages. I wonder what you gentlemen are doing in our store?"

The middle-aged man had a professional fake smile on his face, which all shopkeepers have. However, just as he bowed, his long sleeves slipped from his wrists, and Loki's sharp eyes actually found a triangular mark on his wrist.

Looking closely, he saw the logo of the Eye of All-Knowing again!

(This man is actually a disciple of the Illuminati like Old Walder?!)

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Mo Yiquan, who was responsible for compiling the "General Map of the World", did not place the bloody stone statue of the Creator in this Tang store.

The Tang people are not monolithic.

"Izumo Trading Company" and Mo Yiquan's goals are definitely not the same. Merchants always consider how to satisfy the interests of shareholders, and they will not think about the country first like managers who shoulder the entire country.

Mo Yiquan died at the hands of Old Wald. In this way, the shopkeeper named "Luo Changchuan" is very likely to know Old Wald a little bit

It is even hard to say whether he may have driven Old Wald to plot against Mo Yiquan!

He did not dare to stay too much, he just glanced briefly, and then immediately lowered his head.

"Hello, sir." Loki bowed. A real man can be flexible, and with his personality, he certainly prefers to swing his axe to talk business with the other party, but at this time there are only him and Sartre around him

He still can't be too reckless.

"My guest, do you have goods to sell, or do you want to buy some porcelain, silk, tea, etc.?" Shopkeeper Luo glanced at Loki without leaving a trace.

Loki was still wearing the same fur coat he wore when he left Hanshui Village. Shopkeeper Luo, who was very good at observing people's expressions, saw in just two seconds that Loki's clothes and words and deeds were completely unlike those of a nobleman born in a big family in the English Isles.

"I'm here to do business." Loki said with a smile. The vampire Old Walder still knew to hide the all-seeing eye logo on his chest. But this man had it tattooed on his wrist, which might be exposed at any time.

And this frankness must come from strong self-confidence.

When he heard about doing business, Shopkeeper Luo suddenly felt a little bored. He had been in this position for 10 years, and during this time he had seen too many ordinary farmers in the Western Continent holding garbage that they thought was valuable and wanted to sell it to him.

The same was true for this person today.

"Young man, if you want to sell something, can you go directly to our pawnshop in the shopping street? Why come to Izumo Trading Company? I usually purchase goods in bulk from nobles and lords. You really came to the wrong place."

"Someone, come! Show me out!"

He turned around and wanted to leave, but Loki stretched out his big hand and grabbed his shoulder. Shopkeeper Luo frowned slightly. This is already a very rude act in the business world. He turned back with a little anger and saw Loki smiling again.

"What I want to sell you is very valuable. I guarantee you will be interested!"

What?

Sart clapped his hands lightly.

Shopkeeper Luo's mood gradually changed from dissatisfaction to anger. However, at this moment, a noisy sound came from outside the door.

Alas! Alas, why did the horse run away by itself! Animals cannot enter the lobby! Someone, come!"

"Guard! Protect Lord Luo! "

Sater has been a hunter all his life, and his horse training is pure. The two horses pulling the carriage rushed in after hearing his applause, almost smashing all the porcelain placed in the center of the hall along the way.

When he stood in front of Shopkeeper Luo, Sater jumped onto the carriage lightly, and then kicked it hard! The silver cross that Loki and his men looted from the chapel of Lindisfar Monastery fell to the ground with a "clang".

The cross instantly attracted the middle-aged man's attention.